January 18, 2018 Thin Skein Joint House Judiciary and Oversight Committees Clinton Email Server From The Hill (January 18, 2018): Two House panels on Thursday questioned former FBI Director James Comey’s former chief of staff during a closed-door interview that lasted over seven hours. FBI official James Rybicki faced questions from lawmakers on the House… Continue reading Trump’s Tangled Web: Congressional Shadowboxing Investigations (January 18, 2018 Ongoing)
Category: Russian Election Interference
Trump’s Map Drivel: Repeated Lies, Untrue Lies, and Gross Fabrications (January 15, 2018)
It has become past irksome trying keep up with Trump.45’s constant stream of untruths, misstatements, mischaracterizations, and let’s put the plain truth on the table, flat out lies, spoken through his pearly white veneered teeth to the public at large. Major journalistic organizations now require more fact checkers and Pinocchio assessors than reporters , writers,… Continue reading Trump’s Map Drivel: Repeated Lies, Untrue Lies, and Gross Fabrications (January 15, 2018)
Trump & Mueller: Climbing Robert’s Ladder Scratch Pad (December 1, 2017)
Shocking, but perhaps not surprising, was today’s drama of a Legal Sweetheart Deal (Maybe) for Michael Flynn, Trump’s disgraced former National Security Advisor, who was already under FBI investigation before he ever took office, appointed by Trump without any Senate confirmation. Trump’s political pace is fast and frantic, but this one is historic. Just ten… Continue reading Trump & Mueller: Climbing Robert’s Ladder Scratch Pad (December 1, 2017)
Trump’s Defenders: With Friends Like These Update Roll (June 12, 2017)
There’s far too much partisan animosity abroad in the land whilst Trump.45, the Great Uniter, goes about being bold and fatherly towards all Americans, whether they are smart enough to know it or not. Good Papa. As favorite first daughter Ivanka revealed in an exclusive Fox & Friends interview today, she has been surprised at… Continue reading Trump’s Defenders: With Friends Like These Update Roll (June 12, 2017)
Trump & Comey’s Testimony: The Missing Telephonic Pieces (June 7, 2017)
From James Comey’s Opening Statement before the Senate Committee expected tomorrow morning at 10 AM )Eastern time) Starting on Day One with Trump: I felt compelled to document my first conversation with the president-elect in a memo. To ensure accuracy, I began to type it on a laptop in an FBI vehicle outside Trump Tower… Continue reading Trump & Comey’s Testimony: The Missing Telephonic Pieces (June 7, 2017)
Trump & Kushner: Jared Ducks Europe for Friendly American Skies (May 27, 2017)
Trump.45 is, of course, the official Ducker-in-Chief, and sets the standard for the rest of the clan to imitate, emulate and replicate. First Son-in-Law Kushner, married to favorite First Daughter Ivanka, is trying mightily to carry on his adopted family’s honor and tradition. Tyro Jared, was on his first overseas trip that counts as a… Continue reading Trump & Kushner: Jared Ducks Europe for Friendly American Skies (May 27, 2017)
Trump’s Surrogates: Who’s Minding the Store At Home? (May 23, 2017)
There is a wonderful little public service performed at the end of each workweek by the Associated Press (AP) as they call around and gather information on who the scheduled guests are for the Big Five Sunday News Shows. This is a venerable political tradition begun in the United States by Meet the Press, the… Continue reading Trump’s Surrogates: Who’s Minding the Store At Home? (May 23, 2017)
Trump’s Triumph: Fastest Countdown to Special Prosecutor Kickoff (May 18, 2017)
Trump.45 is obsessed with his own personal records and best performances, even when they occur exclusively in his own mind, like his estimates for the Inauguration crowds, or his 2016 popular vote margin of victory, for example. There is however, one granite ribbed, fact-based, solid gold standard of unique firstness just achieved in his honorable… Continue reading Trump’s Triumph: Fastest Countdown to Special Prosecutor Kickoff (May 18, 2017)
Trump is No Redford: Three Days of the Beakless Condor (January 9, 2017)
Real movie fans will recognize the inspiration for the title of this piece at a glance. The 1975 spy thriller “Three Days of the Condor” *was a popular and critically well-received hit directed by Sydney Pollack. Star power in abundance was provided by Redford and Faye Dunaway, ably surrounded by Max Von Sydow (as Joubert),… Continue reading Trump is No Redford: Three Days of the Beakless Condor (January 9, 2017)
Trump’s Lack of Intelligence: What’s A Body To Do? (January 7, 2017)
A deep philosophical question to ponder for the next 1,461 days or so. What’s a body to do (like the American Body Politic), when the Boss is so Stupid, he doesn’t even know how Stupid he is? Really. Trump is back to obsessing on the now established Russian Spy Hacking Scandal (ongoing 2015-2017) and how… Continue reading Trump’s Lack of Intelligence: What’s A Body To Do? (January 7, 2017)